Railway car



June 7, 1932. G. @lLpgN ygg RAILWAY CAR Filed Sep. .3, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet l G. G. GLPIN RAILWAY CAVR Filed Sept. 3, 1951 3 Sheets-Sheet r'zvenor Garth G. Gil/'01M orney Patented June 7, 1932 PATEN- Price GARTH G. GILPIN, OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO 'UNION `lllIETAYL. PRODUCTS "l" COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE l RAILWAY CAR Application filed September 3, 1931. `Serial No. 560,892.

The invention relates to railway freight cars and more particularly to so called mill type gondolas, wherein the lower part of th-e end wall is hinged or pivoted to the`car so that when in upright position it forms an end wall and the car may be used as an open top or gondola car. When it is desired to use such a car to haul long pipe, telegraph poles, girders or such ladings which are longer than the car, the end wall or end gate is lowered or swung to al horizontal position so that it lies on the floor of the car so that the lading may be positioned over it.

Such cars are used to haul steel plates, rails, beams and other similar material which is difficult to block in the car and which shifts longitudinally of the car, exerting a great horizontal thrust upon the end gate, therefore, the end gate must be very strong, and

while the gates themselves are made very strong,it is also desirable to provide means adjacent the vertical and lower horizontal margins of the gate through which the horizontal thrust is transmitted to the car Abody preferably independentof the pivoting or hinging means.

When the gates are in upright position such cars are used to haul sand, chats and other similarplastic material which, when the gate is slightly raised by coupling impact or rough track, creeps under the gate and raises it upwardly, causing it..to be jammed in its fasteners and furthermore making it difficult to raise or lower the door. Furthermore, such impact raises the end gate causing undue stress upon the hinges and fasteners and also causing uneven stresses which bind the Vgate in its guides like a bureau drawer. One

of the objects of the invention is to provide means to restrict the upward movement of such pivotal end gate, which means also preferably restricts the backward movement (towards the car) when the gate is in upright position and which means also preferably restricts the backward movement of the gateV 'when in lowered position.. This last mentioned feature is desirable to resist the inertia movement of the door caused by the movement of the car inservice and coupling impact.

A further object of the inventionis to provide means for holding the associated parts of the pivoting means together.

This invention is an improvement upon the construction 'disclosed in my co-.pending application 313,906, filed October 20, 1928, which shows and claims means for pivotally attaching an end gate to a railway car and also shows and claims the corelation between Aso Fig. 6 is a fragmentary end elevation showing the lower corner o f the gate and its associated parts.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged section on 7-7 of Fig. 1 showing gate in upright position.

Fig. 8 is similar'to Fig. 7 and shows th gate in lowered position.

In the drawings the usual parts of the car ar-e shown, such as, the floor 2, center sills 3, side sills 4, side wall 5, including the top chord 6, striking casting 7, and end gate 8.

Each of the spaced apart side walls 5 have an inwardly projecting portion 10 against which the end gate 8 rests when in an upright position and the car is also provided with a projection or abutment 12 against which the c type gondola car the end gatey is hinged or' pivoted adjacent its lower portion so that it Amay be swung or dropped to rest on the floor and repose in a horizontal position.

In my construction the end gate is prov1d ed with oppositely projecting pintles 20 ad-'r Vjacent its lower margin which engage sockets or bearings 21 in the adjacent side walls 5 of the car which construction forms the pivot or hinge for the end gate 8.

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The socket comprises a vertical slot (seeil Fig. 7) open at the top so that the end gate may be lowered into it from above. A bolt 23 may be used to retain the pintles 2O in their respective sockets 21. The bottom of this vertical slot is preferably rectangular (see Fig. 7) to allow for a certain amount of accumulation of dirt, sand or chats, etc., without interfering with the hinge movement of the gate. Lateral clearance is provided between the pintle -and the socket- 21 to allow for irregu-V frame. The top of the end gate is reinforced by an angular chord secured to the top flange, 36. The bottom of the end gate is re-y inforcedl by an angular member secured to the bottom flange 41. The end gate is also provided with vertical flanges 43 at the side margins thereof. One vertical flange 48 andk the bottom flange 41 are secured together by a gusset 46 and the pintle 20 is preferably secured to this gusset. In th-e form illustrated the gusset 46 and the pintle 2O are an integral casting. f

The member or bracket 50 is secured to the underframe, floor, or any convenient part of the car and has a portion above a part of the gate so as to restrict the upward movement of the gate when it is in upright position. In the form illustrated the member 50 is provided with a horizontally projecting lip 51 which overlaps the vertical flange 52 of the angular member 40. The member 50 may eX- tend continuously from side to side of car, or may comprise a plurality of spaced apart members as shown in Figure 2.

I also preferably arrange this member 50 so that a portion (51) of it will be engaged by the end gate S when in a lowered position (see Fig. 8) and prevent the gate from moving horizontally along the floor, due to its own inertia caused by the sudden starting or stopping of the car. The portion 51 overlaps the flange 52 of the angular member 40 soasvto restrict the upward movement of the door when in lowered position.

A portion 54 also is arranged to restrict the movement of the end gate longitudinally of the car when in upright position (see Fig. 7)

In other words the end gate fits between spaced apa-rt parts of the car, for instance, the projection 10 or abutment 12 and the portion 54, to restrict themovement of the gate in either direction longitudinally of the car.

drop end gate pivotally attached to the carV adjacent its lower margin, and a member secured to the car body which is positioned above a part of said gate so as to restrict the upward movement of the gate when in upright position.

j 2. In a railway car, the combination of a drop end gate pivotally attached to the cai" adj acent its lowermargin, a car part engage'- able with said gate when in upright position to restrict-the forward movement of the gate, and a member secured to the car body .which ispositi'oned abovea partvof said gate so as to restrict the upward movement of the gate when in upright position. 3. In a railway car, the combination ofa drop end gate pivotally attached to the car adjacent its lower margin, a car part engageable' with said gate when in upright position to restrict the forward movement of the gate, and a member secured to the car body which is positioned above apart of said gate so as to restrict the upward movement ofthe gate when in upright position, lsaid member engageable with sad gate when in upright position torestrict the backward movement of the gate. V

4. In a railway car, the combination of a drop end gate having af lower horizontal flange and pivotally attached to the car adjacent its lower margin, and a member'secured to the car body whichV is positioned above said flange of the gate so asto restrict the upward movement of the gate when in upright position.

5. In a railway car, the combination of a drop endv gate pivotally attached to the car adjacent its lower margin, and a member secured to the car body, which is positioned above a part of said gate so as to restrict the upward movement of the gate when in upright position, said member engageable with said gatewhenrin upright position torestrict thebackward movement of the gate,

said memberalsoengageable with said gate when in a lowered position to restrict `the backward movement of the gate.

6. yIn a railway car, an end gate pivotally attached to the car adjacent its lower margin which fits between spaced apart parts of the car so as to restrict movement of the gate in either direction longitudinally of the car in combination with an element which overlaps a portion of the'gate so as to restrict the upward movementof the gate.

7 In a railway car, the combination of a drop end gate pivotally attached to the car adjacent its lower' margin, and a member secured to the car body which is positioned above a part of said gate so as to restrict the upward movement of the gate when in upright position, said member engageable with said gate when in upright position to restrict the backward movement of the gate, said member also engageable with said gate when in a lowered position to restrict the backward movement and upward movement of the gate.

8. In a railway car, the combination of spaced apart side walls, each provided with an open top Vertical slot, a drop end gate provided with oppositely projecting pintles adjacent its lower margin which engage the slots in the adjacent side Walls to form pivots for the end gate, said end gate having a horizontal portion adjacent its lower margin, and a member secured to the car body having a part positioned above said horizontal portion when the gate is in upright position to restrict the upward movement thereof.

9. In a railway car, the combination of spaced apart side walls, each provided with an open top vertical slot, a drop end gate provided with oppositely projecting pintles adjacent its lower margin which engage the slots in the adjacent side walls to form pivots for the end gate, said end gate comprising an angular member adjacent the lower margin thereof having a horizontal portion and a flange, and a member secured to the carbody having a part positioned above said hori-V zontal portion Whenthe gate is in upright position to restrict the upward movement thereof, said part being positioned above said flange when the gate is in lowered position to restrict the upward movement thereof.

GARTH G. GILPIN. 

